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  2. Accommodation ladder - Wikipedia

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    If the ladder is parallel to the ship, it has to have an upper platform. Upper platforms are mostly turnable. The lower platform (or the ladder itself) hangs on a bail and can be lifted as required. [citation needed] To prevent damage to boats going under the ladder as the water level rises and falls, a boat fender is fitted to the end of the ...

  3. Jacob's ladder (nautical) - Wikipedia

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    It is the use of spreaders (long treads that extend well past the vertical ropes) in a pilot ladder that distinguishes it from a Jacob's ladder. When not being used, the ladder is stowed away, usually rolled up, rather than left hanging. On late 19th-century warships, this kind of ladder would replace the normal fixed ladders on deck during battle.

  4. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    1. A towed or self-propelled flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river, canal or coastal transport of heavy goods. 2. Admiral ' s barge: A boat (or aircraft) at the disposal of an admiral (or other high ranking flag officer) for his or her use as transportation between a larger vessel and the shore, or within a harbor. In Royal Navy service ...

  5. Winch - Wikipedia

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    Winch used on a fishing boat to bring in nets. The earliest literary reference to a winch can be found in the account of Herodotus of Halicarnassus on the Persian Wars (Histories 7.36), where he describes how wooden winches were used to tighten the cables for a pontoon bridge across the Hellespont in 480 BCE.

  6. Halyard - Wikipedia

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    Sailors hauling a halyard. In sailing, a halyard or halliard is a line that is used to hoist a ladder, sail, flag or yard.The term "halyard" derives from the Middle English halier ("rope to haul with"), with the last syllable altered by association with the English unit of measure "yard". [1]

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